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BUTTON FOR DRESS TRIMMINGS.

No. 370,419. Patented Sept. 27,1887.

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ATTORNEY U ITED STATES PATENT OFFIcn.

CARL SEEL, OF BARMEN, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

BUTTON FOR DRESS-TRlMMlN GS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 170.370.419, dated September 2'7, 188?.

Application filed January 18, 1887. Serial No. 224,723.

. invented a new and useful Trimming Article,

consisting in a ring with a top and bottom part of sheet metal and covered partially or completely with a fibrous material, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to the construction of buttons for trimming articles of wearing-apparel or other ornamental purposes, and especially that class of such buttons which are of annular or other similar form and provided with a covering of cloth or other similar material.

The novel features of my construction are hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of a complete button. Fig. 2 represents an inverted plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents detail views of a portion of the button. Fig. 4. represents detail views of another portion thereof. Fig. 5 represents a cross-section of the complete button with a fiat back. Fig. 6 represents a like section thereof with a convex back. Fig. 7 represents a plan view of the covering detached. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 illustrate different modes of applying the button to use.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The letter A indicates the body of the button, which in this example is annular, but which-may be oval or of any other approximately-annular form, and which is made of an upper and lower section, A A, of sheet metal or other similar material, one constituting the face or front and the other the back of the article. The sections A and A are united by means of a lap-joint, a b, Figs. 5 and 6, which is formed by bending the edge of one section outward, as at a b, Fig. 4, and bending the .edge of the other section inward over or upon said outwardly-bent edge, causing said edges to firmly interlock with each other. The letter 0 indicates a covering of cloth or other similar material, which is fitted upon the sec- (No model.)

tions A and A either or both, of the buttons, and the edge of which is inserted between said bent edges of the sections, so that the covering is held in position by that means. By this construction the button can be produced entirely without stitching, riveting, pasting, or any other extraneous fastening, the effect of which is to reduce the cost of its manufacture to a minimum, while it presents a very neat and finished appearance.

The transverse shape of the sections A and A may be varied, according to taste or fancy, and in the example shown in Fig. 5the upper or vfront section, A, is concavo-convex, while the lower section is substantially flat, while in Y the example shown in Fig. 6both sections are concavo-convex, the sections being struck up by suitable dies.

In applying the button to use aseries thereof may be arranged in a row, either edge to edge or with overlapping edges, as indicated in Figs. 8, 9, and 10, and if seen fit the buttons may be provided with hooks and eyes or other means for connecting the same to the desired article or with each other.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 A button for dress-trimmings, of annular or approximately-annular form, substantially as shown, constructed of an upper section, A, and lower section, A, of sheet metal or other similar material, said sections being united by means of a lap-joint, a b, formed by bending the edge of one section inward and the other section outward, and having a covering, 0, of

CARL SEEL.

WVitnesses HEIM BRINKMANN, MAX LEReoN. 

